ABSTRACT
The connection between in-group pride and out-group prejudice, a term de Figueirido and Elkins regard as synonymous with ethnocentrism, outgroup hostility, bigotry, xenophobia and jingoism which has been explored in their research on national pride and the full range of emotions felt towards immigrants to the same nation. Social identity theory (SIT) explains how national citizens take a similar interest in the outcome of a national team game in a mega-sport event. Smith et al developed intergroup emotions theory (IET) to account for situations in which appraisals produce group-based feelings. The central feature of their theory is that the stronger a person's identification with the group, the more they should experience and express group emotions. The patriotism positive and independent in-group evaluation and nationalism intergroup differentiation dependent on external derogation conditions were compared by examining whether independent or dependent comparisons moderated the relationship between in-group evaluation and derogation of an out-group.
